Tuesday, August 20, 2013
life seems to cut into my reading time...
My reading patterns when I was younger were a bit sporadic, I would go through spurts where I couldn't read enough then I would stop for a couple months. Now, I read in every spare moment I have and I tend to keep more than one book going at a time. I re-read my favorites, like The Outlander series, I usually keep one piece of Tudor historical fiction going, and then something I didn't expect to like or something completely out of my character. I tell my stepson that the brain is a muscle and reading is how we work it out. Right now I am reading Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Galbadon, Her Highness, The Traitor by Susan Higgenbotham and The Borgias by Jean Plaidy. It may take me some time to finish these books, what with the baby and work, but this is how I unwind, relax and escape the hustle and bustle of a very hectic life!
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I really enjoyed your blog! One of the most non-altruistic reasons for having kids is you have a captive audience for your favorite books (as long as they agree to sitting pleasantly through your book choices in exchange for reading theirs ad nauseum). I have always liked books that are labeled "young adult" in the library. When you weed through the overwrought high school drama books, you get some lovely and timeless books like Rascal (Sterling North), The Dog who Wouldn't Be (Farley Mowat), Cheaper by the Dozen (Frank and Ernestine Gilbreth) and of course my favorite miscreant, Pippi Longstocking (Astrid Lindgren). Kudos on your parenting style, you get my vote for Awesome Mom!
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